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Josh casually walked in and took the seat IN FRONT of me! I wished he didn't do that! Too late did I realized there was no other spot available!
He was dressed the same as he did on Regis and Kelly. He said hi, as Brian made the intos, and shook our hands. Next thing he said was, "Sorry about the bed-head. I just took a nap. Don't worry. You won't catch any of my germs."

I believe Josh talked about the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade at the beginning.
"At first, they offered me some hand warmies to put in my gloves, but I said, 'Nah, I won't need them'. But once the float started moving, it reaally got cold. I had to steal a couple of warmies from those Lilypad dancers." Every now and then, he would put up his hands, clenching the warmies, as well as his teeth, trying to smile through the cold. "Good thing that huge frog was behind me 'cause the float stopped during the song. When it suddenly moved, I just grab hold of it or I would have..." At this point, he used his forearm to demonstrate a falling gesture, representing him "fallen flat on my face!"

"After the tonsils were out, all I saw was this pen, coming towards the side of my face." Josh's head stayed still while his surprised eyes looked to his right. " The doctor said, 'Could you sign this for my wife? She just loves you.'"

Brenda and I gave him gifts. Brenda's was a cell phone attachment, a tiny glass bottle. In it, floating in water, was a small, white shell. Written on it, was "Groban" in Chinese. The GRO part meant "high" and BAN meant "class". High Class. I thought that was very suitable. I think he liked it. Brenda tried to attach it to his phone, but it did not have that hook feature. He said, "I'll be getting a new phone, anyways." She also gave a handmade card from her son. He wrote Josh Groban on the front and all the names of the song from his CD inside, signing everyone's names on it. I think he really liked the effort he put in.
I gave him a lucky charm. It was knotted green thread in Chinese style, attached to it were several jade symbols with a dragon on the end. I explained to him," Since you're born on the year of the Rooster, the Dragon is the complementary sign that will bring you good luck." He thought that was pretty cool. His thanks were truly genuine.

We decided to order before continuing. All I could think of was NOT to order anything with spinach, parsley, poppy seeds, anything that may get stuck in my teeth. Brenda was thinking of the same thing! Eventually, she and I settled for the cheese raviolli. When it arrived, what was sprinkled on top? Fresh parsley! He shared a mushroom appetizer with Steve. "Not that I want to share with you." He's such a joker.
Josh had the Asian noodle bowl in soup broth. He asked me, "What kind of noodle are these?" "It's wonton noodles" I replied. It was very thin and it was rather diffcult to twirl it around the fork. I suggested, " I wonder if they had chopsticks here?" They didn't. But I think he did OK.

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Josh was indeed sick that day. He had an appointment with a doctor the next day before he flew out to Norway. He looked a little tired, but he sounded alright.

When we mentioned about gifts, he told us, "I received a PINK THONG in the mail!" He couldn't believe it! "On it wrote 'Josh only!'" Okay, guys! Which one of you was it? "Well", I said, "At least it wasn't a guy's underwear as Sissel said!" "Oh, yeah!", he laughed. Darn! I forgot to ask him what he did with it.

I mentioned to him, "You know, everyone is expecting you to post." "I will soon." he replied. "Oh, good!" I said. "Can't wait to read it when I get home." He then puts his hands on the table, pretending to type, saying,"I was going to post, but Helen told me NOT to until she got home." "Oh, don't do that!" I practically jumped out of my seat! I'll have 4800 Grobanites coming down on me!" He just laughed, the little stinker!

As I'm typing this, I just realized that we were so Joshbrained, that we forgot to tell him how much we love his voice and thoroughly enjoy his music. That we're big fans, not just contest winners. It would explain this:

The subject of his dog, Barnaby, came up. "Is that the one that keeps falling into the pool?" I asked. Josh looked really surprised, almost stunned. "Yeah...yeah." He laughed. " We had to put a fence around the pool."

I asked him, "Are you really moving out?" He nodded thoughfully. "Yeah." I just shook my head. "That's too bad. You travel so much as it is. It would be nice to spend what little time you have with your family." He agreed. "I don't know what it is. People expect you to move out as soon as possible. But I'll only be minutes away." I felt so bad for him. Almost everyone ask the same question "Are you still living at home?" I wish I could tell them off. What's wrong with wanting to be with your family?! In this crazy business, they are the only ones who keeps you sane.

Josh saw the Josh pin Brenda was wearing, given to her from Nancy the night before. In it, Josh had his hands together as if he was praying. He was to sing at the Vatican a couple of days later. He said, "I don't know what to say to the Pope, but that's what I'll look like."

At one point, Josh looked directly at me with his elbows on the table ."So, what is your favorite Italian song?" I surprised myself by being able to reply, "MIA. It's a very beautiful song. You did a really good job!" (Not very articulate, but at least I seem normal! ) He started to say, "You know, the beginning is like the Oscars," then he proceeded to imitate an announcer. With his hand closed over his mouth like a microphone, "Da da- Ladies and gentlemen, here's Ms. Whoopee Goldberg! Da da- Mr. Billy Crystal!" What a ham!

Josh received a couple a phone calls during lunch. One was from Jack. After Josh hung up, he explained," That was Dad. He wants me to come home and clean my room." I'm glad he's close to his family.

Brian asked me, "What is your user name?" "Um...why do you want to know?" I was getting worried. Brian persisted, " I just want to know." Oh, I had to tell him. Now I wished I edited my posts before flying out!

Josh asked us, "What TV shows do you watch?" "Well, we don't have time to watch TV." Brenda added, "What extra time Helen has, she's on your web site." <~That's her laughing. Josh likes to watch Sesame Street.

Brian mentioned MIConnie. He's totally amazed that she is at every function and meet&greets, just to support Josh, despite her condition. He thinks she's AWESOME! YAY! Connie!

Josh is very dedicated to his art. Every Wednesday, they check his rating. The number of CD sales indicates how well he was doing. He was also concern about how well known he was in Canada. The music business, performing all over the world, travelling away from his family and friends, doing promos like this (having lunch with strangers!), and no privacy on top of everything else, I don't know how he does it! So much for someone so young.

Near the end, I quieted down a bit. I didn't want ask questions I'm sure he's answered a thousand times before. I didn't want to ask something that might be too personal either. I just really enjoyed watching him interact with Brian, Lynn, and Steve.
We all love his singing voice, but his speaking voice is nice,too. Guys, next time pay attention to his laughter. It's quite contagious! OK, I'm going to stop riiight here.

Later, we took some pictures by the Christmas tree near the lobby. Brenda's camera quit on us. So Lynn offered to take some with hers, in case mine don't turn out. She said she'll email me those later which was very nice of her.

Josh looked tired by now. He still had to do the Barnes and Noble signing that night, but he was being polite and waited for us to finish whatever we were doing. I told him to go on ahead, which I'm glad he did. Must be the mother in me.


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Now, the finish.

We arrived at Barnes&Noble just before 8pm with the line outside being quite long. We went around to the other entrance to get warm. There were several Grobanites there because of the Santa hats they were wearing. Eventually, Nancy, Les-Lee, Michele, Caley, Rebecca, and others came out of the blocked area. They greeted us like old friends. You guys are the best!
While Brenda called her kids, I had the pleasure of speaking to Les-Lee. What a lovely woman! She'll be organizing the meet&greets once the tour has been announced. I would love to meet more of my Grobanite family!
I went to say hi to Brian, who was talking to some kids. He was very tired. It's been a long day.
I spoke to Zach, too, asking about his CD. Nice guy!
We were the last ones at the end. There Brenda and I proceeded to "share the Josh"! We told them about Josh and our lunch. I think they were impressed what a wonderful person Josh is.
It was after 10pm when we reached Josh. Poor guy's been signing and taking pictures for almost 3 hours. He was exhausted! He was surprised that we were there, but most importantly, he looked different from lunch. He was still not feeling well and needed rest. Yet he continued, for the sake of his fans.
After signing my DVD, I gave him hug, reminding him to take care of himself. He said."Thanks."
After everyone left, he signed some more and posed pictures for us Grobanites, still smiling. What an extraordinary young man!
Outside, we decided to take a taxi to Martini's. Someone saw Brian going into a waiting limo at a distance. I turned, just in time to see Josh's silhouette getting into the car, with a scarf wrapped around his face.
Poor Meg was trying so hard to hail a cab. We walked from block to block before we finally got one. Valerie, Caley(I think), Brenda, and I squeezed into the back. We Josh-talked to Martini's. Brenda and I went up to our hotel, promising to be there later after I peeled off the contacts from my poor eyeballs.
Everyone's been so wonderful! I hope they enjoyed the Josh stories. I must have sounded pretty silly! I was glad to have the opportunity to personally tell Connie what Brian said about her. How he's sooo impressed with her support and dedication to Josh!



It's waaay late! I'll go find the photo Cd and reload them up later. Thanks for reading!

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Michelle-

Are you talking about, "Mia Per Sempre?"

Yes. At the time, I was so that I couldn't say the "Per Sempre" properly!

KeepItTogether ( KIT. Can I call you KIT? )-Back then, there were only about 4800 registered Grobies. We used to celebrate every 1000th member! It's fantastic that now we have over 20,000 members! MIConnie fully supported Josh. She went to almost, if not all, of Josh's events and performances. I'm glad she was able to hear and experience Josh and his music the last few years. We are very lucky to have Josh in our lifetime!

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Getting ready for the signing at Barnes and Noble.

MIConnie with Meg, Caley (I think), Dawn, Rebecca, and Val.


Josh still signing for us Grobies. What bedhead?


Kelly and Michele at Martini's.


Nancy and Les-Lee with Diana and Val in the front.



Val, MIConnie, Michelle and hubby.



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